Poor font rendition in reader, fine in Pro

I have both Adobe acrobat reader 9, and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
I generally just read documents with the reader, but recently I find that the reader gives a very poor font resolution, even at 100%, but Pro gives a great rendition of the same documents at any scale. Printing is find from either.
What can be broken with the reader - it is the latest version?

I had the same problem which started only recently. I think it has to do with Flash Player's recent updates.
I updated to Reader 10 and also the latest Flash Player direct from the Adobe site and the problem was solved. Resolution went from barely readable even expanded to crystal clear with default settings. I was using Reader 9 and it was telling me there were no more updates. My guess is that recent updates to Flash Player were not compatible to Reader 9.
Anyway, I think this will solve your problem.

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